NL roundup: Jones has two hits as Braves beat Astros

ATLANTA — Chipper Jones added another highlight on his impressive farewell tour as made the most of his final swings against the Houston Astros.

Jones had two hits in his last two at-bats and scored the go-ahead run on a sixth-inning wild pitch, helping the Atlanta Braves beat the Astros 6-1 Sunday to finish an 8-2 homestand.

The 40-year-old Jones had a run-scoring double in the seventh and is hitting .320 in his final season.

■ Cardinals 3, Brewers 0

Kyle Lohse pitched six spotless innings to earn his 12th win and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday night for a three-game sweep.

■ Pirates 6, Reds 2

CINCINNATI — A.J. Burnett remained undefeated against the Cincinnati Reds this season and Starling Marte hit a tiebreaking two-run triple in the fourth to help the Pittsburgh Pirates salvage the finale of their three-game series with a 6-2 win on Sunday.

DENVER — Tim Lincecum won consecutive starts for the first time since April and Hunter Pence had three RBIs as San Francisco completed a three-game sweep and maintained a half-game lead over Los Angeles in the NL West. The Giants had lost seven of eight entering the series.

■ Dodgers 7, Cubs 6

LOS ANGELES — Hanley Ramirez lined an RBI single over a drawn-in infield in the ninth as the Dodgers completed a three-game sweep.

■ Braves 6, Astros 1

ATLANTA — Chipper Jones had two hits and scored the go-ahead run on a sixth-inning wild pitch by Bud Norris (5-9) as Atlanta completed an 8-2 homestand. Jones added a run-scoring double off Xavier Cedeno in the seventh.

■ Phillies 5,Diamondbacks 4

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard singled home the winning run in the ninth off Josh Collmenter (3-3). He had been in a 5 for 35 slide with 20 strikeouts.

■ Padres 7, Mets 3

SAN DIEGO — Chase Headley and Yonder Alonso each hit two-run homers off rookie Matt Harvey (1-2). Headley’s homer, his 15th, came in the first inning. Alonso hit his sixth homer in the third for a 5-0 lead.